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I'm curious what people do. Do you have a battery backup, a surge protector? Or do you just leeroy it directly into the wall? I'm currently using a 1000VA, 600 watt, 8 outlet battery backup/surge protector and under full load with 2 670s and 3 monitors I draw near max capacity. So my issue is I plan on upgrading once the maxwell GPUs come out in a multi GPU + liquid cooling them to push 4k gaming which will very much so overload a 600 watt battery back up. These suckers are rather expensive and I'm wondering what my options are.

 

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Surge Protector, I was considering a battery but working away from home 5 days a week and the fact that we don't have power outages but every several years I don't think it would be worth it. 

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooope. Surge protector or not turning it on.

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Directly to the wall

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Hell no, everything of mine goes through a surge protector.

 

I have a UPS at my grandma's, but the battery is about as good as dead.

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Surge protector, no battery backup.

 

Surge Protector, I was considering a battery but working away from home 5 days a week and the fact that we don't have power outages but every several years I don't think it would be worth it. 

 

Nooooooooooooooooooooooope. Surge protector or not turning it on.

 

 

Another reason I ask is because i do some work on my rig, as well as some game recording/video editing. And for whatever reason I get random outages that last only a couple of seconds. I hear my backup tick on, then go back to wall power. It's really weird. Also, I'm not sure what happened but my last surge protector blew after a a couple of hours under full load. :o

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Straight into the wall. Because I am a brave boy. 

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Surge protector. No UPS at home. 

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My rig i plug in to a surge protector my laptop is about 50/50 wall or surge protector and when i work on other peoples computers i tend to just plug them in without a surge protector

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Surge protector, but only because i'm at the opposite side to a power socket so everything goes through an extension. (The PC is actually plugged into a second surge protector as the first doesn't reach far enough back, but my monitor, speakers and desktop peripherals are plugged into the first.

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I use a surge protector. The chances are small anything would happen but I would rather spend an extra $10 just to be safe.

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Surge Protector/Power Bar myself, no UPS currently, but it's on the to-buy list

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I'm plugged into a power bar/surge protector. Not directly into the wall because I need more than two power plugs :P

 

Also, you should make this a poll.

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Another reason I ask is because i do some work on my rig, as well as some game recording/video editing. And for whatever reason I get random outages that last only a couple of seconds. I hear my backup tick on, then go back to wall power. It's really weird. Also, I'm not sure what happened but my last surge protector blew after a a couple of hours under full load. :o

 

Yeah when I lived out in the sticks I'd get power outages in the winter/ spring that would occur randomly and last just a few seconds usually. 

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UPS. 

 

My stuff isn't worth risking by going power commando.

 

What are your comp specs, what do you have plugged into it. And how what's the total output of your UPS?

 

Trying to figure out if it'll be worth investing another 200+ dollars into a UPS once i upgrade.

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Everything in my room is Surge protected. If not, I don't even consider turning it on. 

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I put 2 900w UPS models in my Amazon cart yesterday. Still debating which one to go with. I picked the 900w because they have Active PFC like my PSU, and my PC pulls 750-ish watts at load plus my modem and router would be on it. Any recommendations? Until then, Monster surge protector for home office.

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I also have a 600W UPS with 3 surge protected outlets. Just replaced the batteries in it. Only pulling ~77W currently.

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What are your comp specs, what do you have plugged into it. And how what's the total output of your UPS?

 

Trying to figure out if it'll be worth investing another 200+ dollars into a UPS once i upgrade.

 

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http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842101421 thats the UPS

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